13/01/2013

In Ian McMillan's Pick of the Week he'll be cycling with Edward Elgar around the Worcestershire Lanes, walking the streets of Grimethorpe as that village continues to recover from the closure of its pit, and meeting the citizens of Shedtown in their wooden homes by the sea. In a week of great contrasts, he'll share a drama that shows us what happens when a man shrinks to the size of a mobile phone and a documentary about the creation of music for a TV series. Former lovers meet their younger selves and people talk about their struggles to learn English when it's not their first language. Plus, he'll hear what happens when The Swingle Singers attempt a bit of Beyonce.Programmes featured on Pick of the Week this week:Tom Thumb Redux - Radio 4A Guide to Mountain and Moorland Birds - Radio 4Scoring Father Brown - Radio 4The Path to English - Radio 4A Tale of Two Villages - Radio 4In Tune - Radio 3 (Tuesday)January - Radio 4Twenty Minutes - Pump and Circumstance - Radio 3Johnny Cash and the Forgotten Prison Blues - Radio 4Shedtown - Radio 4If there's something you'd like to suggest for next week's programme, please e-mail potw@bbc.co.uk.